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Age: High School
Issues: Popularity, mean girls
Is she dead, yet? This is another book that I can seen teens devouring but I had a hard time feeling much sympathy or interest towards this mean girl narrator seeing the error of her ways. So while I personally will give it 2 stars, I'll still recommend this to teens looking for unique, school-based storylines.
Also, I think this may be another one where it is advantageous to read supa fast and maybe not as an audiobook.
Issues: Popularity, mean girls
Is she dead, yet? This is another book that I can seen teens devouring but I had a hard time feeling much sympathy or interest towards this mean girl narrator seeing the error of her ways. So while I personally will give it 2 stars, I'll still recommend this to teens looking for unique, school-based storylines.
Also, I think this may be another one where it is advantageous to read supa fast and maybe not as an audiobook.
Age: Middle School
Award: Caudill nominee 2017
Delightfully fast-paced and full of action, fans of Michael Vey and Lemony Snicket will eat this one up. Although the mystery may be easily solved by more savvy readers, the twist is still pleasing. My only wish was that there were more characters to carry on to the next book in the series.
"For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions.
Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career. Instead she finds herself joining the smallest, most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood. When one of their cases goes horribly wrong, Lockwood & Co. have one last chance of redemption. Unfortunately this involves spending the night in one of the most haunted houses in England, and trying to escape alive" (Goodreads review).
Award: Caudill nominee 2017
Delightfully fast-paced and full of action, fans of Michael Vey and Lemony Snicket will eat this one up. Although the mystery may be easily solved by more savvy readers, the twist is still pleasing. My only wish was that there were more characters to carry on to the next book in the series.
"For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions.
Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career. Instead she finds herself joining the smallest, most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood. When one of their cases goes horribly wrong, Lockwood & Co. have one last chance of redemption. Unfortunately this involves spending the night in one of the most haunted houses in England, and trying to escape alive" (Goodreads review).
Age: Middle School-High School
She rich as fuck. She murdered her friends. And two dogs. The end.
To extrapolate, she didn't actually murder them but she certainly expedited their demise via teen angst and fire. In good news, I have finally found book characters that I don't enjoy reading and they are rich, privileged, white Americans that complain about inheritance and give their houses names. Also, I was irked that Cadance's amnesia and mental trauma was simply overcome by waving to her ghost friends as they walked out into the ocean, one in her favorite bikini.
Putting aside my current feelings about this book, I can see the appeal to teens and I probably would have enjoyed reading it in middle school.
She rich as fuck. She murdered her friends. And two dogs. The end.
To extrapolate, she didn't actually murder them but she certainly expedited their demise via teen angst and fire. In good news, I have finally found book characters that I don't enjoy reading and they are rich, privileged, white Americans that complain about inheritance and give their houses names. Also, I was irked that Cadance's amnesia and mental trauma was simply overcome by waving to her ghost friends as they walked out into the ocean, one in her favorite bikini.
Putting aside my current feelings about this book, I can see the appeal to teens and I probably would have enjoyed reading it in middle school.
Age: Preschool (but could be read aloud to a Kindergarten class)
Two hikers send notes to a shy Yeti as they traverse the land to find him. Cute sequence of events make this a fun read-aloud.
Two hikers send notes to a shy Yeti as they traverse the land to find him. Cute sequence of events make this a fun read-aloud.
Age: Infant-Preschool
Concept Skill: Opposites
A nearly wordless picture book presents much to talk about as we observe the various animals at the zoo and how they are opposite from one another. A combo of watercolors, colored pencils, and crayons give this a nice distinction from all the other digitally rendered illustrations currently being published.
Concept Skill: Opposites
A nearly wordless picture book presents much to talk about as we observe the various animals at the zoo and how they are opposite from one another. A combo of watercolors, colored pencils, and crayons give this a nice distinction from all the other digitally rendered illustrations currently being published.
Age: 3-5
Media: photography with superimposed drawings
Awards: Caldecott Honor
Media: photography with superimposed drawings
Awards: Caldecott Honor
Age: Preschool-2nd grade
Family: Dad
Suspense if the dad will ever notice what his son notices
It was fun to see all the dinosaurs safely interacting with the boy including winking and tickling but when the T-Rex appears, we all know what he will want to do. The page after the T-Rex is introduced is hilaaarious. The pictures aren't anatomically correct but the features are exaggerated for comic effect.
Family: Dad
Suspense if the dad will ever notice what his son notices
It was fun to see all the dinosaurs safely interacting with the boy including winking and tickling but when the T-Rex appears, we all know what he will want to do. The page after the T-Rex is introduced is hilaaarious. The pictures aren't anatomically correct but the features are exaggerated for comic effect.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Sports: Bowling
Family: Dad
Great images paired with a fun story about competition and teamwork. Although, that dad was *ruthless*.
Sports: Bowling
Family: Dad
Great images paired with a fun story about competition and teamwork. Although, that dad was *ruthless*.